Archive for January 2012
I do…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: January 29, 2012
The wife and I were guests on BBC1′s Big Questions discussion programme this morning. I use the term *wife* because that is what she is to me, and I to her, despite anything the Free Church, Catholic Bishops, or anyone else may think. I find it rather depressing that despite us legally marrying in another [...]
The real truth about the benefits cap….
Posted by: mimanifesto on: January 25, 2012
The Government’s arguments over the proposed benefit cap appear, to me anyway, to be fundamentally flawed. The figure of £26k which is supposed to represent the average annual salary might well be the place to start, but the government is looking at this in the wrong way for several reasons. Firstly, the 67000 households who [...]
How could you spend it?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: January 21, 2012
How could you spend £11 million ? Well, how about some of the following… Running costs for maybe fifteen secondary schools for a year Salaries of 300 or so extra nurses 1100 extra hip replacement operations 11 day centres for adults with learning disabilities or elderly people Free school meals for all children A new [...]
Are they really lying Tory bastards?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: January 17, 2012
A quote from a recent Guardian online report on the proposed abolition of Disability Living Allowance.. “Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, is the Fords’ MP, and Emma rolls her eyes when she tells of his doorstep visit at the last election: “I said I was really worried his party would cut benefits for disabled [...]
Independence… Good sense or sheer folly?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: January 15, 2012
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All the bruha in the media over independence recently has been interesting to say the least. The tug of war between Alex Salmond and David Cameron over ownership of the referendum appeared to kick off a verbal turf war and the legalities of this particular process have still to be settled. What really interests me [...]
Is there ever a time to kill?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: January 10, 2012
I’ve just finished the latest from John Grisham. It’s called The Confession and I have to admit that anything by this particular author would be one of my guilty pleasures. Actually, come to think of it, I don’t really see why there should be anything guilty at all about reading. I’ve never been a book [...]
Make a joyful noise…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: January 9, 2012
- In: capacity-building | change | Equality | Family | Inclusion | Leadership | Pastoral care | Personal | PLN
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It’s been a wonderful weekend. On Friday, the feast of the Epiphany, our friend Chucks was ordained priest at our church, St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow. He was ordained by the Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, the Right Revd. Dr Gregor Duncan. And on Sunday, Fr Chucks celebrated his first Holy Communion and Evensong as a [...]
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